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Bentley is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England.The parish has changed little over centuries and currently measures 2,299 acres (9.30 km 2), the same size it measured in 1875 [1]: 33 when the population was 731 The village is north of the A31 road between Farnham and Alton, about five miles (8 km) southwest of Farnham and six miles (10 km) northeast ...
Bentley was the northern terminus of the Bentley and Bordon Light Railway, built in 1905 to serve the military camp at Bordon.Built with assistance of the British Army, the line closed to passengers in 1957 (remaining open to serve traffic to the Longmoor Military Railway in times of emergency) and closed to all traffic in 1966; the track was lifted later that same year.
The Village (1993) is a television series about the life and times of the villagers of Bentley, Hampshire, from 1993 to 2001.. It was initially broadcast as a radio programme on BBC Radio 4, Christmas 1990, and continued in 1991, 1992 and 1993 – a total of 50 radio broadcasts.
Blue Ridge Canal Turnpike: Blue Ridge Turnpike: March 25, 1848: East of New Market - Stanley - Fishers Gap - Madison - Gordonsville: U.S. Route 340, U.S. Route 340 Business, Kite Hollow Road, Old Blue Ridge Turnpike, VA Route 231: Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road: Petersburg - McKenney - South Hill - Boydton; McKenney - Lawrenceville
[12] [13] Although none of Humphrey Harwood's descendants of the same name again served in the Virginia General Assembly, his great-grandson Col. Humphrey Harwood (1734-1788) was a brick mason in Williamsburg as well as a militia officer, and his son (also Humphrey, born 1770) received an honorary degree from the College of William and Mary. [14]
In 1787, Thomas Harwood again failed to appear in the tax census (i.e. died or moved away), but Edward Harwood owned 21 adult slaves and six enslaved teenagers (as well as a horse and 21 cattle) in Warwick county, compared to his brother William who owned 9 adult slaves and 12 enslaved teenagers (as well as five horses and 50 cattle). [7]
Nauck is a neighborhood in the southern part of Arlington County, Virginia, known locally as Green Valley.It is bordered by Four Mile Run and Shirlington to the south, Douglas Park to the west, I-395 to the east, and Columbia Heights and the Army-Navy Country Club to the north.
Pax Hill (Peace Hill), near Bentley, Hampshire, England, was the family home of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout movement, and his wife, Olave, for over twenty years during the 20th century. [1] [2] It is located at the end of a half-mile drive, off the main A31 road. Pax Hill is a red-bricked house fronting south with higher ground ...